Hi there - I finally have my first app ready for submission to Apple. However, it is built using one of the three slots on my basic BT account. Once this app is up and running I want to build more and will upgrade to self hosting. However, I would prefer to get this one submitted now and into Apple's pipeline without needing to delay while I sort out how to do self hosting. My question is, when I set up self hosting, will I be able to move this app or will it always need to stay where it is now? Many thanks, Tony

Hi! You can move it to your Buzztouch Self Hosting later on, however it will have to be done manually. There aren't options yet to export Buzztouch hosted apps to Self Hosted. But it shouldn't take too long to transfer it over manually. Many users have done it and I have done it. Later you will not have any problems with upgrading your app either. It will work the same! Good luck :)

Thanks mysps - that's great to know. Much appreciated.

one thing to keep in mind is the dataurl that is used to pull the json data. By moving to self-hosted, you'll be changing that url. That means you'll need to repackage the app and resubmit it, because anyone who downloads the app from the app store will try and point to the BT server.

Where is the manual that describes getting your BT Apps onto your Self-Hosted server? I've read the manuals about setting up the Server. All done. Now I want to get my 2 working Apps onto Self-Hosted.

My understanding is that you'll have to recreate the app in your new BT control panel.

Depending on the complexity of your app, this may be a good use of the JSON Snippet Keeper.

Amazing... reading the pre-sales stuff, I got the impression I'd upload the BT package, and somewhere (BT_congif.txt ) edit the API key. So sounds like a new learning curve. My Map Apps are quite simple. The BT_config.txt has all the menus and locations.

I could be wrong, I'm not on self-hosted

Once upon a time.. back in June I did recreate an app, that was on Buzztouch.com. I needed it to develop pretty much the same app but different content (name, mp3,etc etc) onto my BT Server. What I did was (if my memory serves correctly) Create a new app on my BT Server - App Name, Icon, 3 main screens that I had. After that I just copied the json(configuration file) from the 1.5 app and renamed the itemID(s) for those screens. If you are comfortable with editing the json you should have a problem. That app only had 29 screens but I didnt want to copy and paste every screen at that time. good luck

Yes that is what I'm hoping to do. I can edit that file BT_config.txt.

It worked! I created a new App in my Self-Hosted Control Panel - same name as my BT. Didn't add anything - not one menu or screen, no core properties, no nothing. Clicked on Config Data, copied the first few lines, and pasted them over the same lines in my config.txt file. Mine is a Map App, and my config.txt file contains the total JSON structure, menus and screens, and Lat/Lngs, I even added a new business listing using my PHP script (unrelated to pasting the first few lines), and it all worked. Very happy!

Awesome @UniApps! With Json things are a lot easier and Buzztouch makes that possible. sweet :)

Got the first to work that way, and the second that doesn't.